The cost reduction plans have now been rolled out

The process of preparing and effectuating the local cost reduction plans at the departments is now complete. At Health, 30 employees have received information on planned redundancy, while 38 have come to an agreement on voluntary resignation. Four employees have also negotiated a senior staff scheme.

[Translate to English:] ”Spareprocessen på Health er nu afsluttet, og vi må desværre sige farvel til en række medarbejdere,” siger dekan Allan Flyvbjerg.”
[Translate to English:] ”Spareprocessen på Health er nu afsluttet, og vi må desværre sige farvel til en række medarbejdere,” siger dekan Allan Flyvbjerg.

At the individual departments and the School for Dental Assistants, Hygienists and Clinical Technicians (SKT), the following has taken place:

Dismissals and voluntary resignations by department

 

Department/centre

Dismissals

Voluntary resignations

SKT

0

4

Department of Biomedicine

11

19

Department of Clinical Medicine

2

5

Department of Dentistry

14

7

Department of Forensic Medicine

1

3

Department of Public Health

No personnel changes

Total

30

38

Dismissals and voluntary resignations by VIP (member of academic staff) and TAP (technical and administrative staff)

Dismissals

Voluntary resignations

Total tenured staff

Total

VIP

TAP

Total

VIP

TAP

30

9

21

38

17

21

2.232

In 2014, Health must contribute a total of DKK 21.1 million to the improvement of AU’s finances, though the final budget cutbacks will not be equally noticeable in all departments.

“The overall cost reductions of DKK 21.1 million are evenly distributed in accordance with each department’s size and turnover, but as the departments have had different financial prerequisites and challenges, the final budget cutbacks will be proportionately larger in some places. This is particularly applicable for the Department of Biomedicine and the Department of Dentistry,” says Dean Allan Flyvbjerg.

“It is a difficult time for AU in general and especially for the employees who have received the difficult message that they have been recommended for planned redundancy. But the budget cutbacks are, unfortunately, a task we have been directed to carry out in order to reduce the increasing imbalance between revenues and expenses.“

Read more about the budget cutbacks at the other main academic areas and in AU Administration at AU’s theme site about the budget process and the staff portal.